In the run up to the release of the David Bowie (Five Years 1969 – 1973) box set (due September 25th), we’re going to be taking a look at each of the albums contained within the collection. So this week we’ll be focusing on the first album in the set, Space Oddity, kicking off with a brief fact file...

Originally issued as David Bowie on Philips in the UK, the album was released as Man Of Words/Man Of Music on Mercury in the US.

Though released hot on the heels of the top five single, Space Oddity, the album didn't chart upon release in either the UK

Photographer Brian Rasic has been in touch with details of a Bowie Day and an exhibition of his Bowie photographs in Skopje, Macedonia.

Here’s the official blurb.

The first edition of Skopje Cinema City film festival for music documentaries in Skopje, Macedonia, will welcome a wide range of documentaries that will explore the lives of people who make music, express themselves through music and the creativity behind the music. The festival will open with a tribute to one of the greatest heroes of popular music and culture in general, David Bowie.